Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

B. CARPENTER. CUFF HOLDER.

No.489,626. Patented Jan.10,1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ESTHER CARPENTER, OF HELENA, MONTANA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,626, dated January10, 1893 Application filed April 29, 1892- Serial No. 431,104. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ESTHER CARPENTER, of Helena, in the county of Lewisand Clarke, in the State of Montana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved cuffholder which shall firmly holdthe cuff in any desired position, which may be easily operated by thewearer and which will be simple and neat in appearance.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a back view. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal central section taken from front to back, and Fig. 3 is aview showing its position when in use.

A suitable button A is provided with a spring clasp a mounted in itsback in position to grasp the rear end of a cuff and hold the samefirmly against the button when it is in its closed position. A fixed jawB is se cured to the back of the button A in swinging adjustment bymeans of laterally extended lugs 19 which engage ears a on the button.Serrations are formed along one edge of the fixed jaw B from its freeend rearwardly. A movable jaw C is pivoted at c to the fixed jaw B. Alug 0' for opening and closing the movable jaw is formed thereonpreferably by being struck up therefrom. The movable jaw is providedwith a serrated face adapted to engage with the serrated face on thefixed jaw when the movable jaw is closed. Anose or projection 0 havingoblique faces projects from a part of the movable jaw 0 whose edge issubstantially concentric with the pivot c. A spring D secured to thefixed jaw B is provided with a head d having oblique faces whichcorrespond with the faces upon the nose 0 This spring D exerts itspressure upon the edge of the movable jaw C and when the head d engagesthe front face of the nose 0*, the movable jaw is yieldingly heldclosed, and when the head engages the back face of the nose, the movablejaw is yieldingly held open.

The jaws B and .O are slightly bowed at their serrated ends to enable abetter grasp upon the portion of the clothing to which the cuif is to beattached.

My cuff holder is operated as follows: The back edge of the cuff issecured between the spring clasp a and the button A. The movable jaw Ois opened and the holder and cuff are then inserted into the sleeve asfar as desired and then the lining of the coat sleeve or if desired theshirt sleeve is engaged between the jaws B and O, as the jaw C isclosed. This jaw is closed by means of the lug c and as the lug c ismoved down the nose 0 forces the spring D upward and after the nose haspassed the spring comes back to its normal position and the head d ofthe spring engages the front inclined or oblique face of the nose. Thecuff is thus held firmly in its desired adj ustment in relation to thesleeve and will not be released until the jaw O is positively opened.After the movable jaw O is opened it is held yieldingly so, and thusdoes away with the necessity of the person holding it open.

. It is understood that I may make slight changes in the constructionand arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention, but,

What I claim as 'my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination, a button, a spring clasp thereon, a fixed jaw secured tothe button so as to swing, a movable jaw pivoted to the fixed jaw, anose projecting from the movable jaw, a spring secured to the fixed jaw,

